Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time, Eastern European Time, Kaliningrad Time and Central European Summer Time.
| Light Blue | Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) |
| Blue | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Red | (UTC+1) |
| Ochre | (UTC+2) |
| Green | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
| Turquoise | (UTC+4) |
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
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As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed.
Central Africa Time is observed by the following countries:
Botswana[1]
Burundi[1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern provinces)[1]
Malawi[1]
Mozambique[1]
Namibia[2]
Rwanda[1]
Sudan[3]
South Sudan[4][5]
Zambia[1]
Zimbabwe[1]
The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round:
Egypt (observes Egypt Standard Time)
Eswatini (observes South African Standard Time)
Lesotho (observes South African Standard Time)
Libya (observes Eastern European Time)
South Africa (observes South African Standard Time)
See also
edit- Egypt Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering Egypt, also at UTC+02:00
- Kaliningrad Time, an equivalent time zone covering Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, also at UTC+02:00
- Israel Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering the State of Israel during winter, also at UTC+02:00
- Eastern European Time, an equivalent time zone covering European and Middle Eastern countries during winter, also at UTC+02:00
- Central European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering most European countries during daylight saving, also at UTC+02:00
- South African Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering the South Africa, also at UTC+02:00
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Central Africa Time – CAT Time Zone". Time and Date. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Time Zones in Namibia". Time and Date. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Time Zones in Sudan". Time and Date. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Time Zones in South Sudan". Time and Date. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Akol, Priscah; Pal, Koang (2021-01-15). "South Sudan adopts new time zone - Makuei". Eye Radio. Retrieved 2024-02-04.